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Morellia basalis Walker 1853

Description

basalis Walker, 1853:347 (Musca). Type locality: “ Jamaica ”. HT M (BMNH). Distr.: Mexico, El Salvador, Colombia (Antioquia (Caucasia, La Ceja, Medellín, La Pintada, Gómez Plata), Sucre (San Onofre)), Costa Rica, Jamaica, Cuba, Haití, Puerto Rico, Virgin Is. of the United States, Venezuela; Nearctic Region. Refs.: Uribe-M. et al., 2010:464; Ramírez-Mora et al., 2012:30; Löwenberg-Neto & de Carvalho, 2013:10.

Material examined. COLOMBIA: Antioquia: Caucasia, Hacienda La Candelaria, 80m, 1 female, 4.ix.2004, C. Sanchez Leg., Vsr (CEUA); Gómez Plata, Hacienda La Clara, Vereda La Clara, pastures, 1,000m, 4 females, 9.ii.2003, Pérez & Vélez Leg., entomological net over a pig carcass (CEUA); La Ceja, finca Tinajones, corregimiento de Prado, 1 male, 1.i.1998, M.C.A Leg., Net (CEUA); Medellín, barrio Robledo, 1,700m, 1 female, 9.viii.2001, G. Zapata Leg., Net (CEUA); La Pintada, Camping los Farallones (canchas), 5°44'48''N, 75°36'34''W, 660m, 2 females, 25.v.2007, L.F.Ortiz & L.V. Londoño Leg., Vsr-human feces (CEUA); Sucre: San Onofre, Reserva Sanguare,forest, 0m, 1female, 23.iii.2004, Duque & Rivera Leg., Pitfall-human feces, in canopy (CEUA).

Notes

Published as part of Pérez, Sandra & De Carvalho, Claudio J. B., 2016, FAMILY MUSCIDAE, pp. 814-853 in Zootaxa 4122 (1) on page 818, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4122.1.70, http://zenodo.org/record/256480

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Walker
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Muscidae
Genus
Morellia
Species
basalis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Morellia basalis Walker, 1853 sec. Pérez & Carvalho, 2016

References

  • Walker, F. (1853) Insecta Saundersiana: or characters of undescribed insects in the collection of William Wilson Saunders, Esq., F. R. S., F. L. S., & c. Vol. I. Diptera [part 4]. John Van Voorst, London, pp. 253 - 414
  • Lowenberg-Neto, P. & de Carvalho, C. J. B. (2013) Muscidae (Insecta: Diptera) of Latin America and the Caribbean: geographic distribution and check-list by country. Zootaxa, 3650 (1), 1 - 147. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3650.1.1